Anthony Weiner Argues With Heckler While Campaigning in Brooklyn

UPDATED | Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner — fresh off a measured debate performance on Tuesday night — got into a heated argument with a voter while campaigning in Borough Park on Wednesday.

Mr. Weiner was leaving a shop that sold pastries — and was still chewing on a snack — when a Jewish voter apparently made a remark he didn’t like. “You wait [until] I walk out to say anything, that’s courage,” Mr. Weiner said. The interaction was caught on video by blogger Jacob Kornbluth.

The person, who was identified by the New York Observer, told Mr. Weiner, “you’re disgusting,” in reference to the the former congressman’s sending sexually charged messages to women online.

The two then stood toe-to-toe and began talking over each other. “What rabbi taught you that you’re my judge?” Mr. Weiner asked. The man responded, “you talk to god and work out your problems but stay out of the public eye.”

“Your behavior is deviant. It’s not normal behavior…I’m not running for office, I’m not out in the public,” the man said. He also brought up Mr. Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, saying, “think about your wife.” Mr. Weiner replied, “that is between me and her and my god.”

Mr. Weiner then said he “fought very hard for this community and delivered more than you will ever in your entire life.”

The interaction was recorded by professional cameramen and also shop workers recording it with their iPhones.

Later, Mr. Weiner’s campaign posted a longer version of the exchange, beginning with friendly banter between the candidates and employees at the shop. (Mr. Weiner insisted that he shouldn’t get a discount on his iced coffee and pastries.) At about 3:46, the man begins heckling Mr. Weiner, and at about 4:56, he brings up Ms. Abedin, though not by name: